# Morocco

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /məˈɹɒkəʊ/ · frequency rank #9,637

## Definitions
1. A country in North Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Morocco. Capital: Rabat.

## Etymology
Earlier spelling Marocco, from Portuguese Marrocos and/or Spanish Marruecos, from Arabic مُرَّاكُش (murrākuš), from a Berber language, compare Tashelhit مرّاكُش (mṛṛakʷš). The word originally referred to the capital city of Marrakech (founded late 11th c.), but came to be used as a pars pro toto for the westernmost region of the Islamic world. Compare older Arabic مُرَّاكُش (murrākuš) (now اَلْمَغْرِب (al-maḡrib)), Persian مراکش (marâkeš), Medieval Latin Marrochium. Turkish refers to the country as Fas from Fez, another former capital. Doublet of Marrakech.

## Easily confused with
- **Moroccan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moroccan-vs-morocco)

## Common misspellings (8)
`mmorocco`, `moorcco`, `morcoco`, `moroco`, `morococ`, `morrocco`, `mroocco`, `omrocco`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/morocco